 overdrive, what do we know about it |
 Jun 8, 2005 - 2:10 AM
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For some reason i think my car will accelerate faster with my overdrive turned off. It seems to go faster and have more power when sitting in lower gear. I have an automatic and when its turned off i sit at 3k rpm in 45 mph when i usually are at 2k with overdrive. has anybody played around with it? its like when im in bad traffic i shift to lower gear or turn off the overdrive.
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Jun 9, 2005 - 1:31 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 3, '04 From Colorado Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Overdrive in automatic transmission is for driving in high speeds. In 5 speeds, the gears are usually engineered for somewhat of acceleration, and not top speed. And automatic gears are taller to accomodate the lack of 1 gear. Hence why automatics are slower, next to the drivetrain loss, and you don't get the annoying 4.5K RPM driving on the interstate.
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ArizonaRed overdrive Jun 8, 2005 - 2:10 AM
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But over dri... Jun 8, 2005 - 3:37 PM LewFX i turn mine off when i wanna make car feel and dri... Jun 8, 2005 - 4:21 PM Drocay in us ect is built into the ecu, it engages depend... Jun 9, 2005 - 9:11 AM MonsterBOX turn off overdrive and it lets the car wind the ge... Jun 9, 2005 - 4:14 PM
DeW_H0e_GT i usually turn od off when im in traffic...when i ... Jun 15, 2005 - 12:59 AM |
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